Category: energy efficiency

Trying to better understand the importance of energy efficiency

We cannot find enough reasons to appreciate the importance of improving energy efficiency. Jake Rozmaryn, CEO & Founder of Eco Branding wrote a good article on the Huffington Post website about the four reasons that he raises why we should care. Do you agree?   4 Reasons You Should Care About Energy Efficiency It's easy … Continue reading Trying to better understand the importance of energy efficiency →

Taking some leaps forward to ensure consumers benefit from smart energy systems

We seem to be moving in a million directions at once. All of us are excited by new technologies and this is certainly true concerning our energy systems. Increasingly the “smart grid” is coming into being and many of us stare in wonderment what is happening next. Yes, we have the smart grid now and … Continue reading Taking some leaps forward to ensure consumers benefit from smart energy systems →

California is trying to overcome energy efficiency’s verification problem

EiD makes no apologies about the number of posts devoted to developments in California. There is much to learn. Now Stephen Lacey writes on the GreenTech Media website about whether energy efficiency can finally become a metered resource. He writes about a pair of bills in California that may help bring the industry into the … Continue reading California is trying to overcome energy efficiency’s verification problem →

Europe’s electricity industry pushes for greater energy efficiency

It is a welcome addition to the voices promoting energy efficiency in Europe.   EURELECTRIC paper on improvements needed to boost energy efficiency investments This week EURELECTRIC, the association of the electricity industry in Europe, published a position paper on the pressing need to trigger energy efficiency investments. As private energy investments remain low, EURELECTRIC … Continue reading Europe’s electricity industry pushes for greater energy efficiency →

Now Japan is look at net-zero energy houses

While much of the focus on net-zero energy buildings has been on Europe and North America, the Nikkei Asian Review website provides a good post on recent developments in Japan that I’m sure you’ll enjoy.   For Japan homebuilders zero is magic number Major homebuilders in Japan are hoping to sell many more net-zero energy … Continue reading Now Japan is look at net-zero energy houses →

Improving the energy performance of vehicles

This probably is not the best week to be discussing improvements in automobiles, given the crisis with Volkswagen and test measurements. However, there is no time like the present time, as they say. Business Vibes provides a good post on the Business 2 Community website about the technological developments that have improved energy performance. Especially … Continue reading Improving the energy performance of vehicles →

Look at the progress in the past 50 years and yet why does no one notice?

The UK is consuming less energy than it did in 1965. Andrew Warren, a regular contributor to EiD, in a column for the September issue of Energy in Buildings and Industry asks why there is still a widespread belief that economic development and increased energy use go hand in hand.   The silent revolution in … Continue reading Look at the progress in the past 50 years and yet why does no one notice? →

Overcoming the last hurdles to improve progress in energy efficiency

We are making progress in encouraging energy efficiency, although the road can be a bit rocky. Clare Taylor writes on the Energy Post website about the Investor Confidence Project (see other recent post) and the efforts underway to make it possible for investors to invest in energy efficiency on a massive scale. You will notice … Continue reading Overcoming the last hurdles to improve progress in energy efficiency →

Understanding consumer behaviour when it comes to saving energy

Margaret Walls, from Resources for the Future, discusses in a blog on the Wall Street Journal website about the “energy efficiency gap” and argues that governments should support more experiments “in the field” that bring to light what works and what doesn’t and at what cost. I would assume that Task 24, relating to behaviour, … Continue reading Understanding consumer behaviour when it comes to saving energy →